Cobina Wright, First Edition (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Plates (illustrator). First American Edition. X, 475 Pp. Dark Blue Linen, Gilt. First American Printing. Light Wear, Spine Gilt Weak, Front Hinge Cracked Before Frontispiece. Ownership Stamp "Cobina" On Front Free Endpaper, Almost Certainly That Of Cobina Wright Sr. Cobina Wright, Sr. (Born Esther Ellen Cobb, 1887 - 1970) Was An American Opera Singer And Actress Who Appeared In The Razor's Edge (1946). She Gained Later Fame As A Hostess And A Syndicated Gossip Columnist. Wright Was Also Known As Esther Cobb, Esther Johnson, And Esther Cobina. Her First Husband, Whom She Married In 1912, Was American Novelist Owen Johnson. Her Second Husband Was William May Wright, A Stockbroker, By Whom She Had One Child, A Daughter, Cobina Carolyn Wright (Aka Cobina Wright Jr.), (1921?2011), Celebrity Debutante And Briefly A Movie Actress. In The Early Part Of The 20Th Century, Cobina Sr. Was A Coloratura Soprano, Using The Stage Name Esther Cobina. She Had Studied Singing In California, Under Voice Teacher Nettie Snyder, And In Germany, Where She Initially Pursued Her Career On Stage. During World War I, She Performed For French And American Troops In Europe.[10] She Later Made Her American Opera Debut At Carnegie Hall In 1924. She Died In Los Angeles, California In 1970.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 537 Pp. Green Cloth Lettered In White. First Edition. Near Fine In Very Good Dust Jacket Priced $16.95. Privately Published, A Bit Lawsuit-Inviting For Most Publishers. Biographical Summary Of The Subjects At End. Inscribed "To Dearest Millie, The Most Beautiful Woman I've Ever Met. Gratefully, "Co" (Cobina Wright Beaudette)". Cobina Wright Jr. (1921 - 2011) Was An American Actress And Model, Avidly Photographed And Written About In The Media. She Was Featured On The Cover Of Life Magazine's February 17, 1941, Issue, And Documented Here In The Data At End Of Book. Her Married Name Was Beaudette. Inscribed by Author(s).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. A.M. Cassandre, Leonor Fine (illustrator). First Edition. "Cannibals Are Kind" written by Elsa Schiaparelli.; 154 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Note size (9.75 x 13 inches) is much larger than more recent issues.